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Examples of success in a Sentence

An enormous popular and critical success, The Liars' Club was credited with (or blamed for) launching a new wave of memoir-writing. (Karr deflects this accusation: "I think memoir started with St. Augustine," she told Salon in 1997.) —Mollie Wilson O'Reilly, Commonweal, 23 Oct. 2009

Fred tries to keep up his end of the conversation, but without much success; he has never grown bulbs, cooked veal, seen a film by Fassbinder, etc. He feels provincial and out of it … —Alison Lurie, Foreign Affairs, 2006

Since I was interested in finding out about the successes as well as the failures disabled women experience in the world, I interviewed women who had some work experience, although it was often part-time work and sometimes interrupted. —Mary Grimley Mason, Working Against Odds, 2004

The necessaries of life for man in this climate may, accurately enough, be distributed under the several heads of Food, Shelter, Clothing, and Fuel; for not till we have secured these are we prepared to entertain the true problems of life with freedom and a prospect of success. —Henry David Thoreau, Walden, 1854

Success came easily to him.

She is country music's most recent success.

The growth of the tourism industry is one of the city's great successes.

Recent Examples of success from the Web

The two enjoyed success in Dortmund before upping sticks and moving to the Premier League, winning one Bundesliga title, one DFB-Pokal and reaching the Champions League final.

Pearl and his team understand that much, acknowledging Frank Martin's team's recent run of success in the series thanks to a frustrating defensive scheme as well as the challenge that the Gamecocks provide in the paint with Chris Silva.

With Guerrero's past success in FIFA, the Timbers are hopeful that their new eSports competitor will be able to advance through the eMLS Cup in April and go on to the represent the club at the FIFA 18 Global Series Playoff this summer.

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